Tobacco and Alcohol: I. It Does Pay to Smoke. II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine
by Fiske, John
First edition of Fiske's first book
Price: $100.00
- Bookseller: Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
- Seller Inventory #: 8280
- Book condition: Cloth somewhat rubbed and soiled, with the spine a bit darkened; early gatherings a trifle shaken; a very good copy
- Edition: First edition of Fiske's first book
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Leypoldt & Holt
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1869
Book Description
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869. First edition of Fiske's first book. Cloth somewhat rubbed and soiled, with the spine a bit darkened; early gatherings a trifle shaken; a very good copy. 12mo, original purple-brown cloth, gilt lettering. The historian's first book, a witty extended essay on the benefits of "the two universal stimulants." Includes a bibliography of books on tobacco. Attractive contemporary bookseller's ticket on the front paste-down for Boughman, Thomas & Co., Wilmington, Delaware. Occasional marginal pencil annotations. BAL 5993, state 1; not noted in Arents.
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